---
id: CVE-1999-1572
title: >-
  cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating
  systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F
  options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read
  or overwrit…
summary: >-
  cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating
  systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F
  options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read
  or overwrit…
severity: low
cvss: 2.1
cvssVector: 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N'
published: '1996-07-16'
updated: '2026-06-16'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1572'
references:
  - url: 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/14357'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/17063'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/17532'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:032'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-080.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10888
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/14357'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/17063'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/17532'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:032'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-080.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10888
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00551
epssPercentile: 0.4494
ingestedAt: '2026-06-22T15:59:08.084Z'
---

## Overview

cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.